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Skyscrapers

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[VERSE]
  EmSkyscrapers please forgGive me
  CI didn't mean a word I saidB  
  EmSkyscrapers I was Gjust tangled up in my own hCeadB  
  EmAnd somehow in all the mGadness
  CI thought that I was seeing strBaight
  EmIt ain't always pretty but it sGeemed there was no other CwayB  
[CHORUS]
And I Gguess all I ever F#loved
Was standing Eright before my Ceyes
And GI, oh F#I, I was bElindC  
[VERSE]
  EmSo skyscrapers please forGgive me
  CI'm standing here repentative manB  
  EmOh skyscrapers I'll nGever look down aCgain, aBgain
[CHORUS]
Oh 'cause I gGuess all I ever lF#oved 
Was standing Eright before my Ceyes
Oh yeah, I gGuess all I've ever kF#nown
Was standing Ehere all the tCime
And GI, yeah F#I, I was blEind
REPEAT THE VERSE CHORDS FOR THE OUTRO "I was blind" SECTION
And thats it. Sounds best when its up higher on the fretboard. As in, the first E 
minor is on the 7th fret on the A string. Yeah, that's all. Any problems/ 

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Skyscrapers

by OK Go

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[VERSE]

Em G

Skyscrapers please forgive me

C B

I didn't mean a word I said

Em G C B

Skyscrapers I was just tangled up in my own head

Em G

And somehow in all the madness

C B

I thought that I was seeing straight

Em G C B

It ain't always pretty but it seemed there was no other way

[CHORUS]

G F#

And I guess all I ever loved

E C

Was standing right before my eyes

G F# E C

And I, oh I, I was blind

[VERSE]

Em G

So skyscrapers please forgive me

C B

I'm standing here repentative man

Em G C B

Oh skyscrapers I'll never look down again, again

[CHORUS]

G F#

Oh 'cause I guess all I ever loved

E C

Was standing right before my eyes

G F#

Oh yeah, I guess all I've ever known

E C

Was standing here all the time

G F# E

And I, yeah I, I was blind

REPEAT THE VERSE CHORDS FOR THE OUTRO "I was blind" SECTION

And thats it. Sounds best when its up higher on the fretboard. As in, the first E

minor is on the 7th fret on the A string. Yeah, that's all. Any problems/

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